What is CVE-2025-37166?

CVE-2025-37166 is a high-severity vulnerability in Hewlett Packard Enterprise (Hpe) Instant On, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2026-01-13.

How severe is CVE-2025-37166?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in Hewlett Packard Enterprise (Hpe) Instant On

CVE-2025-37166

A vulnerability affecting HPE Networking Instant On Access Points has been identified where a device processing a specially crafted packet could enter a non-responsive state, in some cases requiring a hard reset to re-establish services. A…

EPSS: 0.004 (31.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (Hpe) Instant On — versions 3.0.0.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-770 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

References

security-alert@hpe.com

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-37166?: CVE-2025-37166 is a high-severity vulnerability in Hewlett Packard Enterprise (Hpe) Instant On, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2026-01-13.
How severe is CVE-2025-37166?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.